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DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA YEARBOOK & CALENDAR 2017 £3.00 EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 1 1 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA (Province of Westminster) Charity No. 278742 Website: www.rcdea.org.uk Twinned with The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and The Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, Cambodia PATRONS OF THE DIOCESE Our Lady of Walsingham, 24th September St Edmund, 20th November St Felix, 8th March St Etheldreda, 23rd June BISHOP Rt Rev Alan Stephen Hopes BD AKC Bishop’s Residence: The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7SH. Tel: (01508) 492202 Fax:(01508) 495358 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rcdea.org.uk Cover Illustration: Bishop Alan Hopes has an audience with Pope Francis during a Diocesan pilgrimage to Rome in June 2016 EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 2 2 Contents CONTENTS Bishop’s Foreword........................................................................................ 5 Diocese of East Anglia Contacts................................................................. 7 Key Diary Dates 2017.................................................................................. 14 Pope Francis................................................................................................ 15 Catholic Church in England and Wales..................................................... 15 Diocese of East Anglia................................................................................ 19 Departments....................................................................... 23 Commissions..................................................................... 26 Other Offices...................................................................... 29 Pastoral Statistics....................................................................................... 32 Year in the Life of the Diocese................................................................... 34 New Evangelisation Continues.................................................................. 51 Obituaries.................................................................................................... 52 Vocations..................................................................................................... 58 Building Bridges......................................................................................... 62 Map of the Diocese of East Anglia............................................................. 64 Parish Directory.......................................................................................... 65 Deaneries..................................................................................................... 95 Schools Directory........................................................................................ 97 Hospitals Directory.....................................................................................103 Prisons Directory........................................................................................110 Clergy and Religious Directory.................................................................112 Financial Report.........................................................................................125 Second Collections....................................................................................128 Organisations and Societies Directory....................................................130 Diocesan Calendar for East Anglia 2017................................................. 145 EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 3 3 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA 2017 Yearbook and Liturgical Calendar EDITOR Keith Morris Director of Communications Email: [email protected] Updates to: Bishop’s PA c/o The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7SH. Tel: (01508) 493956 Email: [email protected] Published annually – 34th edition Publisher: Gemini Print (Wigan) Ltd Unit A, Redgate Road, South Lancashire Business Park Wigan, WN4 8DT For advertising enquiries tel: (01942) 712480 Template National 2017 UK_Directory Advert 22-Jul-16 12:48 PM Page 1 FAO EDITOR Aid to the Church in Need’s advert for 2017. Please send (or fax) proof before printing! If no proof is provided ACN reserves the right to refuse payment in the case of errors occurring with the published advert. EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 4 Many thanks. 4 Keep Faith Alight This girl from Syria is one of millions of Christians worldwide suffering today ― amidst war, famine and persecution. Please can you help them to keep faith alight? Image: AlFarah Carole Aid to the Church in Need supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. ACN is a Catholic charity, helping to bring Christ to the world in Africa, the Middle East, China, Eastern Europe and Latin America. ACN trains seminarians and catechists, builds churches, supports priests and religious, prints Bibles and helps refugees. Please help us with your prayers and love. 12-14 Benhill Avenue, Sutton, Surrey A registered charity in England and Wales (1097984) and Scotland (SC040748) SM1 4DA www.acnuk.org Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 8642 8668 Untitled-6 1 28/11/2016 14:27 EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 5 Foreword 5 FOREWORD Dear Friends, “Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” So St Paul begins his two letters to his devoted disciple Timothy, and that is my greeting to you all as we conclude the celebration of the universal Year of Mercy, and continue to celebrate our own Fortieth Anniversary Year as a Diocese. May these gifts from God grow and spread among us as we move into the new year of our Salvation, 2017! Pope Francis, writing to us last June to wish us well for our fortieth anniversary, quoted his own encyclical Evangelii Gaudium: “May you all be renewed in your love of Christ and in turn revitalise your parishes, so that all may be “a community of communities, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach.” What a magnificent image for us to adopt as we seek to bring the Gospel to the people of East Anglia as ambassadors for Christ and his mercy and continue our pilgrim way towards Heaven - a Sanctuary, a holy place, dedicated to the service of God, and the home where he chooses to dwell. As we seek by God’s grace to grow in holiness and to conform our lives to that of Jesus Christ, only then can we be properly equipped for the New Evangelisation and bring others to know and love the one true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. “In this way, you will manifest God’s love and mercy to the broader community and share the richness of our faith in Christ Jesus.” [Pope Francis]. The Holy Father concluded his message of greeting to us by commending us to the loving protection of Our Lady of Walsingham. May our loving Mother assist us to conceive the Lord in our hearts, so that we may make him a reality in our lives and in the lives of others. Thank you for supporting the annual publication of the Yearbook. It is filled with useful information and reflective articles – I am grateful to those who have been responsible for bringing it all together once again. With all good wishes and prayer, yours devotedly, Rt Rev Alan Hopes Bishop of East Anglia EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 6 6 Untitled-6 1 28/11/2016 14:32 EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 7 Contacts 7 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA CONTACTS BISHOP’S OFFICE Bishop’s Private Secretary – Fr Padráig Hawkins Tel: 01508 492589 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Bishop’s Personal Assistant – Mrs Elaine Bugge Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm Tel: 01508 493956 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Offices: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm Tel: 01508 492202 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Finance Office: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm Tel: 01508 492540 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Vicar General – Rev Canon David Bagstaff Tel: 01379 642914 Email: [email protected] Marriage Tribunal and Vicar Judicial – Rev Canon Simon Blakesley Monday - Friday 9am to 1pm Tel: 01508 495168 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Chancellor – Rt Rev Mgr Canon Eugène Harkness Tel: 01223 224852 Email: [email protected] Vice Chancellor – Rev Canon Mark Hackeson Tel: 01284 754358 Email: [email protected] Vicars for Religious – The Rt Rev Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard OSB Tel: 01986 893355 Sr Thomas More Prentice FDC Email: [email protected] Permanent Diaconate Director – Rev Canon Mathew George Tel: 07939 920844 Email: [email protected] Refugee Council – Rev Provost David Paul Tel: 01603 624615 Email: [email protected] Vocations Directors – Rev Patrick Cleary Tel: 01223 704640 Rev Michael Collis Tel: 01603 624615 Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator – Mr Michael Thurley Tel: 0208 505 4199 Mobile: 07429 215344 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Archivist – Rev Dr Russell Frost Tel: 01473 741975 Email: [email protected] EastAnglia2017YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/11/2016 11:29 Page 8 8 Contacts Diocesan Director of Communications – Mr Keith Morris Tel: 07712 787762 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Web Manager – Mr Gavin Dvelys Tel: 07956 916948 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Director of Music – Mr Daniel